Watch: My Sister Eileen 1955 123movies, Full Movie Online – Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York’s Greenwich Village looking for “fame, fortune and a ‘For Rent’ sign on Barrow Street”. They find an apartment (such as it is!), but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she, (a “spinsterish old-maid writer”) and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person..
Plot: Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York’s Greenwich Village looking for “fame, fortune and a ‘For Rent’ sign on Barrow Street”. They find an apartment, but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.
Smart Tags: #two_sisters #sister_sister_relationship #screwball_comedy #sister #color_remake_of_black_and_white_film #blonde_woman #dance_party_ending #timeframe_1950s #writer #apartment #new_york_city #female_protagonist #female_stockinged_legs #female_stockinged_feet #stockings #based_on_short_stories #manhattan_new_york_city #greenwich_village_manhattan_new_york_city #soda_jerk #sailor #reporter
123movies | FMmovies | Putlocker | GoMovies | SolarMovie | Soap2day
6.8/10 Votes: 1,858 | |
83% | RottenTomatoes | |
N/A | MetaCritic | |
N/A Votes: 14 Popularity: 4.379 | TMDB |
Lovely underrated musical
Betty Garrett and Janet Leigh star in “My Sister Eileen,” a 1955 musical also starring Jack Lemmon, Bob Fosse, Tommy Rall and Kurt Kasznar. This is not the musical “Wonderful Town” but it has delightful music by Jule Style. It’s the story of the Sherwood Girls, Ruth and Eileen, who come to Greenwich Village from Ohio to “make it” -Eileen as a performer and Ruth as a writer. The two are conned by a landlord (Kasznar) into renting (for a whopping $65 a month) a basement apartment that shakes like crazy during subway construction. Not to mention, with their window placed the way it is, they may as well be living in the street.The Ruth character is based on the writer of the original story, Ruth McKenney. Eileen is the freshly beautiful blonde who always has men swarming around her; in comparison, the pretty, funny and stylish Ruth feels like a plain Jane. She sublimates by being dedicated to her career until she meets a publisher (Jack Lemmon) and falls for him. He’s interested in her story, “My Sister Eileen,” and she’s so insecure, she tells him that she is the sought after Eileen – it’s another aspect of her personality, she says.
The Greenwich Village aspect makes the film as the movie captures its atmosphere perfectly and gives a real feel for the New York of the 1950s. Betty Garrett is great as Ruth. Her singing and acting are both wonderful. Surprisingly, though it’s the title role, the part of Eileen really isn’t much. (Sadly, the real Eileen died very young. She married writer Nathanael West and died with him 8 months later in a 1940 car accident.) Janet Leigh is pretty and sweet, putting over the necessary naiveté as Eileen, plus she gets to show off her singing and dancing. Fosse, who also choreographed, and Tommy Rall are suitors of Eileen and do some fabulous dancing. Dick York has a small but showy role as a young man in Ruth’s and Eileen’s building. Jack Lemmon, in an early role, is slightly miscast as the sophisticated publisher but is very likable.
Well-directed by Richard Quine, it’s a shame that “My Sister Eileen” hasn’t gotten more attention. It’s pretty to look at and to listen to with wonderful, vibrant performances. Check it out.
Garrett Shines in Mediocre Musical
I had heard that this second musical version of “My Sister Eileen” (the first being the Broadway show “Wonderful Town”) was very underrated. Well, it’s not.Columbia Pictures owned the movie musical rights to “Eileen” and when Leonard Bernstein wanted too much money for “Wonderful Town”, Columbia passed on adapting the Broadway hit, and created its own musical film adaptation. Unfortunately, this version isn’t just inferior to “Wonderful Town” – the score and script are truly mediocre in their own right. The songs are all forgettable, which is surprising given that the composer is the great Jule Styne who went on to write “Gypsy” and other shows. Either he and lyricist Leo Robin had very little time to write the score or inspiration took a vacation.
The two saving graces in this film are Betty Garrett, who plays the more tomboyish Ruth. Unlike Rosalind Russell who played Ruth both in the non-musical film and in “Wonderful Town,” Garrett can really sing and she’s less self-conscious about being the center of attraction – she’s much more natural in the role.
The other occasional grace is Bob Fosse’s choreography. In some numbers, especially one dancing “duel” between him and the terrific Tommy Rall, the film comes alive. Unfortunately, some of the other dances – particularly the climactic “Conga” sequence, fall flat, perhaps due more to director Quine than Fosse.
Janet Leigh plays Eileen and she’s very charming, though not quite the kind of looker who would have men literally at her feet all the time. She sings fairly well, and dances rather better. And since she’s top billed, the script gives her character more emphasis than the original play. Jack Lemmon plays a publisher on whom Ruth has a crush; Lemmon is good, though his one song is far from a highlight – he’s no singer.
It’s a pity that Columbia and Bernstein didn’t see eye to financial eye – it would have been great to see Garrett do “Wonderful Town,” though Leigh and Lemmon would never be able to handle their parts in that score.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director Richard Quine
Writer Blake Edwards, Richard Quine, Joseph Fields
Actors Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix 4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints) (RCA Sound Recording), Mono (optical prints) (RCA Sound Recording)
Aspect Ratio 2.55 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process CinemaScope (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm